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I think I know why BMW does NOT program the fob to close the tailgate.

Today at Costco, I finished putting my purchases in the back of my X3. Instead of unlocking the doors, I accidently pushed the tailgate button; and closed the tailgate on my head. STOP LAUGHING... I'm OK, lesson learned.

That's a great idea. A gong when the tailgate first starts to open or close would be a great idea... I am STILL waiting on my OBD plug to arrive before I can even begin building the cable and starting to program...

Also, does anyone know if the coding interface software works on Apple computers or PC stuff only?? (sorry, I'm all Apple, all the way)

That's a great idea. A gong when the tailgate first starts to open or close would be a great idea... I am STILL waiting on my OBD plug to arrive before I can even begin building the cable and starting to program...

Also, does anyone know if the coding interface software works on Apple computers or PC stuff only?? (sorry, I'm all Apple, all the way)

It's PC only - but if you have a great emulator that's fast - it can be done. Check out the F10 coding forum.

I wonder if there's a way to turn on a gong of sorts like the Mercedes has?

A gong? I don't think so.
I hit the botton and bang...the tailgate was on its way down. All the gong would do is let me know I was hit.
The answer is, don't stand under the tailgate with the fob in your hand.

MSWINSCK.OCX is a utility used by Visual Basic for socket communications, its old file created by Microsoft. If you had loaded Visual basic on your m/c and uninstalled, it might get removed/ deregisterd in registry or your registry got corrupted.

I think I know why BMW does NOT program the fob to close the tailgate.

Today at Costco, I finished putting my purchases in the back of my X3. Instead of unlocking the doors, I accidently pushed the tailgate button; and closed the tailgate on my head. STOP LAUGHING... I'm OK, lesson learned.

Be Careful closing the tailgate.

Same thing will happen if you stand close to the tailgate and open it. Bang, it will hit you. Does it mean that even opening should be manual with a push of a button on the car?

So I conclude that there is no harm on coding for closing tha tailgate through FOB. We got to be careful in any way while closing or opening the tailgate. Accidents do happen but this case is not a big deal.

Well, I wish I could actually start doing more with coding, but the guy that I ordered the OBD connector from on Ebay still hasn't sent it to me. Estimated shipping was June 6th... We're now a month later.. Still NOTHING... I'm so pissed. I could care less that it was a $6 item, but seriously, someone had to scam me... WTF?!!?

Well, I wish I could actually start doing more with coding, but the guy that I ordered the OBD connector from on Ebay still hasn't sent it to me. Estimated shipping was June 6th... We're now a month later.. Still NOTHING... I'm so pissed. I could care less that it was a $6 item, but seriously, someone had to scam me... WTF?!!?

Sorry to know about it, many on forums can supply such assembled cables. I too have stock of fully tested cables. PM me if you want one.

MSWINSCK.OCX is a utility used by Visual Basic for socket communications, its old file created by Microsoft. If you had loaded Visual basic on your m/c and uninstalled, it might get removed/ deregisterd in registry or your registry got corrupted.

I never saw this error message.

So a little research by captirwin and me have discovered that it is apparently an issue with Windows 7 64 bit.

The MSWINSCK.OCX file is included with the Esys software (located in the C:\EDIABAS\Hardware\ENET folder). So far the fixes I've found online have not worked including adding the MSWINSCK.OCX file to the Windows32 folder on the C drive as well as using the administrator Command Prompt to register the file.

Well, I wish I could actually start doing more with coding, but the guy that I ordered the OBD connector from on Ebay still hasn't sent it to me. Estimated shipping was June 6th... We're now a month later.. Still NOTHING... I'm so pissed. I could care less that it was a $6 item, but seriously, someone had to scam me... WTF?!!?

I have an extra cable your welcome to borrow, I know it works, I've used it to recode my x3

So a little research by captirwin and me have discovered that it is apparently an issue with Windows 7 64 bit.

The MSWINSCK.OCX file is included with the Esys software (located in the C:\EDIABAS\Hardware\ENET folder). So far the fixes I've found online have not worked including adding the MSWINSCK.OCX file to the Windows32 folder on the C drive as well as using the administrator Command Prompt to register the file.

April1/captirwin... Thanks to you both for the offers. I will get in touch soon.

For the rest of you... I just got a message from the guy on Ebay where I tried to buy the cable. He said he was shipping another out of his NJ warehouse (why would it ship from China instead of NJ initially)...

And then, sometime last night he refunded my money. I still managed to leave him awful feedback. Bastard...

Here is the link to the auction and the seller 'whiteboxcomputer'. Buyer BEWARE!!!

I am currently in Frankfurt, Germany. I had a call into the dealership to see if they would recode my 2013 BMW X3. After constantly pinging on the rep., he followed up with the dealership. The answer I got was, "they don't know how to do that". Now I would understand if they said, "no, we don't/won't do that". But to say that they don't know how??? I think that is B/S! The rep. did raise the point that, to mess with the programming of the BMW would most likely void the warranty. My question is, has anyone who has recoded their vehicle heard from a dealership that the warranty is now void? I would guess that anytime you take it in with a problem, they have to look at the programming. I have the cable, and you guys have been so kind as to provide the software. Just need to know before I dig in! Thanks in advance, and have a great day:-)

If you code the power trunk to close with the key fob and for some reason the power lift doesn't work you can expect to pay for the repair. On the other hand if there is a fault with the front suspension and you coded the trunk the suspension would be fully covered by the warranty.